Abstract...........................................................Ⅰ
Key Words..........................................................Ⅰ
摘要...............................................................Ⅱ
关键词.............................................................Ⅱ
Introduction.......................................................1
Ⅰ. US Women’s Status Today.......................................2
A. Education.......................................................2
B. Politics........................................................2
C. Economy.........................................................3
Ⅱ. Why Can They Make Great Progress? .........................................................4
A. Exterior Causes.................................................4
1. Development of Capitalist Productive Force ………………………….4
2. Efforts of Government and Non-government Organizations..........5
3. Influence from Literary Works...................................6
B. Interior Causes...............................................7
1. Self-awareness..............................................7
2. Women’s Emancipation Movement...........................................................8
3. Consequence of More Education..........................................................10
Ⅲ. Women in Other Countries.......................................10
A. The Low Social Status.........................................11
B. Why Do They Fall Behind? .....................................11
C. What Should Be Done to Improve Women’s Status? ..............12
Conclusion.........................................................14
Acknowledgements...................................................15
Bibliography.......................................................16
Abstract
This paper describes the women’s status in the USA from three points: 1.women’s rights in education; 2.women’s rights in politics; and 3.women in economic field. And it discusses why American women can improve their status. There are two main reasons: one is the exterior cause (such as capitalist productive force, bourgeois ideology; the efforts of the government and non-government organizations; the guide from some literary work), and another is the interior cause (women’s self-awareness; women’s emancipation movement and help from education). On the contrary, women in other countries are in unfavorable conditions. This paper discusses why they fall behind and how to change this condition.